Isaac C. Bates

Isaac Chapman Bates
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office
March 4, 1827  March 3, 1835
Preceded by Samuel Lathrop
Succeeded by William B. Calhoun
United States Senator
from Massachusetts
In office
January 13, 1841  March 16, 1845
Preceded by John Davis
Succeeded by John Davis
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1808-1809
Personal details
Born (1779-01-23)January 23, 1779
Granville, Massachusetts
Died March 16, 1845(1845-03-16) (aged 66)
Washington, D.C.
Political party Federalist
Whig
Alma mater Yale College
Profession Law

Isaac Chapman Bates (January 23, 1779  March 16, 1845) was an American politician from Massachusetts.

He was born in Granville, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He practiced law in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1808.

Political career

Massachusetts House of Representatives

He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1808–1809).

United States House of Representatives

Bates was elected to the United States House of Representatives (March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835), where he was an Anti-Jacksonian. He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Military Pensions in the Twenty-first Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1834.

United States Senate

He was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1841, caused by the resignation of John Davis and on the same day elected for the term commencing March 4, 1841, and served from January 13, 1841, until his death. He was chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Pensions (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses); interment in Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Massachusetts.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Samuel Lathrop
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district

March 4, 1827-March 3, 1835
Succeeded by
William B. Calhoun
United States Senate
Preceded by
John Davis
U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Massachusetts
January 13, 1841 - March 16, 1845
Served alongside: Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate
Succeeded by
John Davis
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